Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Walter LINDSAY Birth: 1 Death: 1513 in Flodden
  2. George LINDSAY Birth: 2
  3. David LINDSAY Birth: 3
  4. James LINDSAY Birth: 4

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  4. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP III p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP III p19],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p501, Roberts RD600 p141, SP III p19],
father:
[Ref: CP III p511, CP III p515]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP III p511]
before 1529 [Ref: SP III p20]
Sources with Information about marriage to Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
date:
first marriage of David [Ref: Burke Peerage p501, SP III p19],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p501, CP III p511, CP III p515, Roberts RD600 p141, SP III p19]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth SPENS
date:
after 1514 [Ref: SP III p20]
second marriage of David [Ref: Burke Peerage p501]
Research Notes:
of Beaufort and Edzell [Ref: Roberts RD600 p141, SP III p19]
of Edzell [Ref: CP III p511]

1514: contracted in marriage with Agnes Ogilvy, which was set aside on account of propinquity in blood [Ref: SP III p20]



Pedigree of Sir David LINDSAY
                                                                /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                                                       /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                                      |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                                              /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                                             |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                             |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                     /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
                                    |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                                    |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
                                    |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
                                    |                           \-----Matilda
                            /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                           |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
                           |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
                   /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joanna
                  |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
                  |        |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
                  |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
                  |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |        |        |                           \-----Helen
                  |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                 |                           /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Jean COMYN
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
                  |                 |        |         \-----Eupheme
                  |                  \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
                  |                          |         /-----John GRAHAM
                  |                          |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
                  |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                  |                                    \-----Isabella
          /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |        |                                    /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |        |                                   |         \-----Euphemia
         |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
         |        |                          |        |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
         |        |                          |         \-----Cecilia
         |        |                          |                  \-----Ada De BALIOL
         |        |                  /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |        |         /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Thomas FITZ RANULF
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Juliana
         |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Adam De KILCONQUHAR
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
         |        |        |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |        |        |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |        |        |                           \-----Eupheme
         |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
         |                  \-----Christiana WARDLAW
 /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
|        |                                                      /-----Alexander De OGILUILL
|        |                                             /-----Patrick De OGILVY
|        |                                    /-----Patrick De OGILVY
|        |                           /-----Walter De OGILVY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert RAMSAY
|        |                          |         \-----Marjorie RAMSAY
|        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
|        |        |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
Sir David LINDSAY
 \-----Isabel LEVINGTON



Descendants of Sir David LINDSAY
1. Sir David LINDSAY m1. Katherine FOTHERINGHAM m2. Elizabeth SPENS
m. Katherine FOTHERINGHAM father: Thomas FOTHERINGHAM
m. Elizabeth SPENS

2nd generation

2. Sir Walter LINDSAY m. (Unk) ERSKINE
m. (Unk) ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE

3rd generation

6. David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford m1. Janet GRAY m2. Catherine CAMPBELL
m. Janet GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray mother: Annabel FORBES
m. Catherine CAMPBELL father: Sir John CAMPBELL mother: Muriel CALDER
7. Alexander LINDSAY m. (Unk) BARCLAY
m. (Unk) BARCLAY

4th generation

10. Elizabeth LINDSAY m. Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
m. Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN
12. John LINDSAY m. Marion GUTHRIE
m. Marion GUTHRIE father: Alexander GUTHRIE mother: Janet HENRYSON
13. Margaret LINDSAY m. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
m. John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl father: James STEWART, Lord Innermeath mother: Helen OGILVY
14. David LINDSAY, Bishop Of Ross m. Janet RAMSAY
m. Janet RAMSAY

5th generation

15. Katherine DRUMMOND m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
m. James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes father: Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes mother: Grizel HAMILTON
16. Elizabeth DRUMMOND m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Jean LIVINGSTON
17. Lilias DRUMMOND m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline
m. Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Isabel HAMILTON
18. Jean DRUMMOND m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe
m. Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe father: Sir William KERR mother: Janet DOUGLAS
19. James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m. Isabel SETON
m. Isabel SETON father: Robert SETON, Earl of Wintoun mother: Margaret MONTGOMERY
20. John DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth m. Jean KER
m. Jean KER father: Robert KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Margaret MAITLAND
21. David LINDSAY, Lord Balcarres m. Sophia SETON
m. Sophia SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Lilias DRUMMOND
23. Rachel LINDSAY m. John SPOTSWOOD, Archbishop Of St Andrews
m. John SPOTSWOOD, Archbishop Of St Andrews
24. Sir Jerome LINDSAY m. Margaret COLVILLE
m. Margaret COLVILLE